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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It really depends on the area, if someone in the neighbourhood is actively taking care of the strays then they'll be fine, but we have too many strays in Greece and not enough people who care for them unfortunately. Road killing and poison is a pretty big problem in the cities as well..

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's pretty bad where I am in the U.S. A lot of irresponsible people throw their pets away like old stuffed animals.

The one in the image I posted was abandoned by neighbors back in February when we had a foot of snow.

I kept finding him sleeping in the snow in my backyard. I